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Learn more about national efforts to raise awareness about gender based violence throughout the year:

Protections for LGBT Survivors of Violence from the Huffington Post, 10/14/13

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Violence Against Women Act, our nation’s response to intimate partner violence, was recently passed with explicit inclusion of LGBT survivors of violence and implementation began October 1st. The Office on Violence Against Women has committed to the implementation of these provisions over the coming months and this will increase resources and support to LGBT survivors of intimate partner violence. In this piece, local and national LGBT and mainstream anti-violence organizations published an open letter about what this means to LGBT people and to the anti-violence movement.

Help choose the winner of the DVAM YouTube Challenge, Supporting Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence and their Abused Parents, sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Program. Voting starts on November 15th and ends on November 30th.

This new Special Collection developed by the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center offers a historical and cultural context of Native peoples in the United States, explores Native communities’ experiences of violence, oppression, justice, and resilience, and provides access to tribal advocacy resources.

Designed in collaboration with the National Council of Teachers of English, Lessons from Literature extends and enriches existing the core literature curriculum while raising student’s awareness of relationship abuse.